Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . Fig. 184. Japanese Warriors The men who led the Japanese armies in the great war with Russia had learned, as boys, to fight in armor with sword and spear, like these warriors War withChina Russia profitsby Japanesevictory 714 Medieval and Modem Times Germans take Kiaochow Meanwhile the Germans found an excuse for strengtheningthemselves in the same region. A German missionary havingbeen murdered in the province of Shantung, which lies oppo-site Korea, a Ge
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . Fig. 184. Japanese Warriors The men who led the Japanese armies in the great war with Russia had learned, as boys, to fight in armor with sword and spear, like these warriors War withChina Russia profitsby Japanesevictory 714 Medieval and Modem Times Germans take Kiaochow Meanwhile the Germans found an excuse for strengtheningthemselves in the same region. A German missionary havingbeen murdered in the province of Shantung, which lies oppo-site Korea, a German squadron appeared in Kiaochow Bay,in November, 1897, landed a force of marines, and raised theGerman flag. As a compensation for the murder of the. Japanesecapture it,1914 Fig. 185. Japanese Feudal Castle Contrast this stronghold of feudal days in Japan with the grim castles of Europe in the Middle Ages. Rival parties among the Japanese nobles now contend only in parliament missionary, Germany demanded a long lease of Kiaochow, withthe right to build railways in the region and work mines. Uponacquiring Kiaochow the Germans built harbors, constructedforts, military barracks, machine shops, etc. In short, a modelGerman town was constructed on the Chinese coast, which,with its defenses, was designed to form a base for furtherextension of Germanys sphere of influence. It was capturedby the Japanese, however, in 1914. Expansion of Europe in Nineteenth Century 715 , Great Britain, learning of the negotiations, sent a fleet north- Britain leasesward from Hongkong to the Gulf of Pechili, and induced China ^eihaiweito lease to her Weihaiwei, which lay just between the recentacquisitions of Germany and Russia. England, moreover, be-lieved
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